A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE
A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE

MAKER'S MARK F O T, HANAU, CIRCA 1820, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 3249 AND A MARK RESEMBLING THE PARISIAN CHARGE MARK OF 1768-1774

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A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE
MAKER'S MARK F O T, HANAU, CIRCA 1820, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 3249 AND A MARK RESEMBLING THE PARISIAN CHARGE MARK OF 1768-1774
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover centred with an enamel plaque depicting figures before a lakeside, with a boat, a waterfall and a city amongst a wooded and mountainous landscape beyond, within a raised vari-colour gold floral border, the sides and base set with panels of peak-pattern engine-turning within polished gold frames, with vari-colour gold floral corners and borders on a sablé ground
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide

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